Kathy Ireland

A former supermodel and actress who appeared in 13 consecutive swimsuit issues of <i>Sports Illustrated</i>, Kathy Ireland made the transition from model to mogul when she launched her hig...
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Feb 24, 2012

Kathy Ireland has been named the world's richest model in a new Forbes magazine expose. The former Sports Illustrated cover girl, now 48, has a lifestyle, clothing and wig empire worth an estimated $350 million (£219 million), according to the publication.

The reclusive movie veteran was appalled when members of the media attacked the jewellery designer and TV personality for her behaviour as the co-host of a pre-Oscars TV special in America.
Ireland appeared to be overwhelmed on the red carpet as she interviewed stars like Zac Efron and Gabourey Sidibe and left many critics questioning her sobriety.
But the mum-of-three has assured fans her strange behaviour was simply due to the fact she was delighted to be on the red carpet.
In a series of posts on her Twitter.com page, Ireland writes: "(I) cannot please everyone... and frankly I wouldn't ever want to. Don't feel embarrassed for me. Had a blast and it was so much FUN!
"No meds (medication) or alcohol... just J.O.Y.! Never use drugs and that as a Mom is not a cool or funny suggestion (sic)... Some say I looked pregnant. LOL (laugh out loud)! Not true... others say I was drinking... Just excited to be involved. Grateful."
And now Taylor has weighed in, stating, "I heard that some scum magazines, print and internet trashed Kathy Ireland on Oscar Red Carpet night. These rags said, to quote them, 'She was either stoned or drunk and looked pregnant' - what???? They must be the ones on drugs. I have never seen anyone epitomize glamour and grace and professionalism like she did."
Taylor adds, "I am boiling to the point of eruption at the injustice of those statements. When is someone going to stop the yellow press from lashing out at people who no more deserve it than the Dalai Lama!"

The beauty drew comments from internet critics and bloggers as she interviewed stars including Zac Efron and Gabourey Sidibe during a pre-Oscars special on U.S. TV, with many viewers questioning her sobriety.
But the mum-of-three has assured fans her strange behaviour was simply due to the fact she was delighted to be on the red carpet.
In a series of posts on her Twitter.com page, Ireland writes: "(I) cannot please everyone... and frankly I wouldn't ever want to. Don't feel embarrassed for me. Had a blast and it was so much FUN!
"No meds (medication) or alcohol... just J.O.Y.! Never use drugs and that as a Mom is not a cool or funny suggestion (sic)... Some say I looked pregnant. LOL (laugh out loud)! Not true... others say I was drinking... Just excited to be involved. Grateful."

The ageing stunner was taking a break from rehearsals for TV talent show Dancing With The Stars and decided to hit the beach in Santa Barbara, California with her family.
According to UsMagazine.com, Ireland was surfing with her son, Erik, when a stray board crashed against her leg, breaking the skin.
The 46 year old was reportedly treated by her husband, Greg Olsen, an ER doctor.

Kelly Osbourne and Melissa Joan Hart are among the celebrities who will don their dancing shoes to compete in reality competition Dancing with the Stars.
The former Sabrina, the Teenage Witch star and Ozzy Osbourne's daughter will show off their fancy footwork with 14 other famous hopefuls as they're paired off with professional dancers for the ninth season of the contest, due to kick off on Sept. 29.
Other stars preparing to hit the dance floor include Donny Osmond, singers Mya and Macy Gray, and pop star Aaron Carter, as well as former model Kathy Ireland, actress Debi Mazar and a handful of athletes, including Ultimate Fighting Championship star Chuck Liddell.
Singer La Toya Jackson was approached to compete on the show but turned down the invitation because she is still grieving the death of her superstar brother Michael.
She told Access Hollywood, "The fact of the matter is, I won't be doing it, simply because of the circumstances that (are) going on at the moment.
"I can't see myself putting myself into there right now, dancing every single day when I'm still trying to find out what exactly happened to my brother. That's the most important thing for me at this very moment."
Teenage Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson waltzed home with the crown on the last season of the show, narrowly beating French actor Gilles Marini to take the title.
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Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) doesn’t know how lucky she has it. She’s smart beautiful and married to Gerry (Gerald Butler) a passionate funny and impetuous Irishman who loves her with every breath in his body. But when that breath runs out--Gerry dies unexpectedly from an illness--Holly’s luck runs out. Barely coping her salvation arrives in the form of letters from Gerry that come to Holly in unexpected ways--letters he wrote to her before he died to help her get through the pain and move on with her life and letters that always end with “P.S. I Love You.” A saint huh? Holly’s mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends Sharon (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow) begin to worry Gerry’s letters are keeping Holly tied to the past but in fact each letter pushes Holly on a journey of rediscovery and to show her how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into new beginning for life. Tissues please! Swank will be damned if she pigeonholes herself into always playing serious women who don’t wear makeup. P.S. I Love You is her stab at romantic dramedy and while the genre may not suit her best the Oscar-winning actress still has fun playing a spirited woman who wears designer clothes cute hats and gets to make out with a strapping Irish hunk. Actually Swank gets to bed TWO strapping Irish hunks in P.S. I Love You: The first is the yummy Butler of course and the other is Gerry’s old bandmate William played by American Jeffrey Dean Morgan (who’ll be seen in the upcoming romantic comedy The Accidental Husband with Uma Thurman). Lucky girl. Butler however is the one the ladies will sigh over the most. Having already given a powerhouse performance this year as the Spartan king in 300 the Scottish actor turns the tables to show his soft underbelly as the adorably romantic and fun-lovin’ Gerry. The abs still rock though. One can easily see why Holly is such a mess after he dies. Gershon and Kudrow add some genuineness as Holly’s friends (someone please find a Kudrow a TV show) as does Bates as Holly’s hardened mother. Harry Connick Jr. however seems out of place as Holly’s would-be suitor. She just needs to stick with the Irish guys. Hilary Swank teams up with her Freedom Writers director Richard LaGravenese once again for P.S. I Love You and it’s clear they have a symbiotic relationship. Swank probably likes the way LaGravenese accentuates her best features turning her into a glam leading lady while LaGravenese obviously enjoys gazing at her through his camera lens. Unfortunately the two really haven’t found the best material. Freedom Writers is the mother of all teacher-gets-students-motivated retreads while P.S. I Love You--based on a novel by Cecelia Ahern and adapted by LaGravenese and Steven Rogers--is just pure fluff with very little substance behind it. Not that the film won't inspire some romantic feelings or work up tears but its only real strengths are: 1) the players who somehow rise about the triteness of it all especially Butler and 2) the gorgeous landscapes of Ireland which should send any woman in her right mind straight to the Emerald Isles to find her perfect man. Seriously ladies book your trips NOW.

Film legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor celebrated her 75th birthday with 75 friends and family in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.
The Cleopatra actress arrived in a wheelchair at Sin City's Medici Cafe and Terrace at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, escorted by her son Christopher, who turned 52 on the same day as his famous mother.
Guests included her other children Michael Wilding, Elizabeth Todd and Maria Burton, actress Debbie Reynolds, her daughter Carrie Fisher, magicians Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, and model Kathy Ireland.
The media had speculated Taylor's longtime friend Michael Jackson would attend, but the actress said he would not be arriving, but she had spoken to him on the phone earlier that day.
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PASADENA Calif., July 20, 2000 - Substance reigned over style as NBC unveiled its new Fall lineup to the media this week. Gone were the matching color schemes and meals by the pool that ABC employed to fete reporters just a few days ago; in their stead, there were neon peacocks and buffet trays with sternos. And the consensus among critics at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel was that ABC surely hung window dressing on everything because it only had four new series to pump. NBC, on the other hand, needed no frills to roll out seven new series and two miniseries.
Not surprisingly, the Q-and-A sessions were shorter, with less time for breathing in between. Trashy dramatist Aaron Spelling unveiled his high-camp "Titans," a Dallas-for-the-millennium evening soap with vixens, sex and greed, and starring Yasmine Bleeth, Casper Van Dien ("Sleepy Hollow") and Victoria Principal. Critics broke into applause during a preview, when Bleeth tells Van Dien she is pregnant with his baby - even while walking down the aisle to marry his father.
Katey Sagal showed has ditched her Peg Bundy wig to play a neighborhood witch with heart in the coming-of-age sitcom, "Tucker." Oliver Platt ("Bulworth") and indie film queen Lili Taylor spoke about their New York newspaper drama "Deadline." And writers and producers hailing from "The Late Show with David Letterman" brought out the romantic comedy "Ed," starring Tom Cavanaugh ("Providence"), about a New York lawyer who gets fired, catches his wife cheating and moves back to his hometown to buy a bowling alley.
Then there was Michael Richards ("Seinfeld"), promoting his sitcom "The Michael Richards Show," an Inspector Clouseau meets Ernie Kovacs P.I. romp. Steven Weber ("Wings") was on hand to tout "Cursed," co-starring Chris Elliot ("There's Something About Mary'), about a guy who, uh, gets cursed. And, David Alan Grier ("In Living Color") joked about starring in the sitcom "DAG" about a demoted secret service agent who guards the demanding First Lady, the slimmed-down Delta Burke, saying "You will always hear these lines: 'It's because I'm black.'"
Then there were the two miniseries, the biblical drama "In the Beginning" starring Jacqueline Bisset and Martin Landau, and the Kennedy wives' drama "Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot," which features Jill Hennessey ("Law &amp; Order"), Lauren Holly ("Dumb and Dumber") and Leslie Stefanson ("The General's Daughter"), respectively.
NBC's marathon unveiling ended with a celeb-fest at Jillian's Hi-Life Lanes, a bowling alley at the tourist-beseiged Universal City Walk shopping mall. While the food was, again, unspectacular, everyone was handed disposable cameras to take pictures of things like Rob Lowe and Kathy Ireland talking (two perfect creatures that seem freakish standing together), Martin Sheen mugging with "Daddio" tyke Mitch Holleman, and "Will &amp; Grace" actor Eric McCormack discussing how the characters will soon have significant others. In short, the stars pranced, the critics howled.

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Appeared on her third and final cover of Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit issue with Rachel Hunter and Elle Macpherson

Appeared as the cover model for the first time on Sports Illustrated 25th Anniversary Swimsuit Edition

Had featured role in the spoof "Back Fire!"

Featured in the comedy, "Necessary Roughness"

Returned to the cover of Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit issue

Published the book, Powerful Inspirations : Eight Lessons That Will Change Your Life

Joined the ninth season of ABC's reality series "Dancing With the Stars" as a contestant

Discovered by an agent for the Elite Model Management company

Appeared in "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1"

Had a recurring role on Fox's "Melrose Place" as a mysterious woman with an agenda

Founded the design and marketing firm, Kathy Ireland Worldwide; works as the CEO and chief designer

Played Santa's daughter in the family film, "Once Upon A Christmas"

Film acting debut, "Journey to the Center of the Earth"

Worked for Elite modeling agency in New York from the age of 17

Guest-starred on two episodes of NBC's "Suddenly Susan"

Lent her voice to the syndicated series "Fantastic Four"

Wrote second book, Real Solutions for Busy Moms : Your Guide to Success and Sanity

Summary

A former supermodel and actress who appeared in 13 consecutive swimsuit issues of <i>Sports Illustrated</i>, Kathy Ireland made the transition from model to mogul when she launched her highly successful business venture, kathy ireland Worldwide. Born on March 20, 1963 in Glendale, CA, she was raised by her father, John, a labor organizer, and her mother, Barbara. When she was 17, Ireland was discovered by an agent for the Elite Model Management company and was working steadily as a model by the time she graduated from high school in Santa Barbara. She soon found herself appearing in numerous magazines, including the famous swimsuit edition of <i>Sports Illustrated</i>. The emerald-eyed beauty graced the cover of <i>S.I.</i> three times, tying Cheryl Tiegs and Christie Brinkley, while also appearing on covers of <i>Glamour</i>, <i>Cosmopolitan</i> and <i>Bride</i>. Meanwhile, her annual swimsuit calendars remained one of the best-selling pictorials in the world.